The Air We #Breathe

New Delhi: Delhi contributes no more than 36% to its fine-particulate (PM 2.5) pollution during winters, with 64% coming from sources outside the 56,800-sq-km area of the national capital region (NCR)...

Mumbai: Smokers and non-smokers now represent an equal number of lung-cancer patients, according to a study carried out by the Lung Care Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation focused on improving ...

New Delhi: Every third city that failed to meet national air quality standards in India--where most people die of air pollution than any other nation--was in two of the country’s biggest states, Mah...

New Delhi: As the Centre plans to clean the air in 13 south Indian cities, 26 more cities spread across four south Indian states reported annual particulate pollution levels higher than the national s...

India, where air pollution touched severe levels this winter, has more reasons to worry about the health hazard it poses to the elderly. Even short-term exposure to air pollution was seen to cause pre...
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Even small increase in pollutants can lead to deaths
Harvard researchers used prediction models to find accurate estimates of PM 2.5 and ozone for most of the US, including unmonitored areas, and link...

In 2015, only one in 1000 Indians lived in areas where particulate pollution did not exceed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) safe levels for fine, toxic dust particles called PM 2.5, according ...
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The study also estimated that windblown mineral dust, mostly from sources outside India, accounted for about 30%–larger than any other source–of total PM 2.5 exposure in 2015.
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Source: Burden of Disease Attributable to Major Air Pollution Sources in India...
The REF scenario, with the least aggressive control measures, leads to PM 2.5 exposure levels rising to 106.3 µg/m3 in 2050–thereby causing 3.6 million deaths in 2050.
Even S2–an ambitiou...
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“The burden of disease, in terms of the numbers of deaths attributable to total PM 2.5, is substantial and expected to grow in the future, as the population ages and grows and leaves more people sus...